The Avox in pictures

As usual with any UMPC that I'm reviewing, here is the set of pictures that I have prepared for the Avox from Ruvo.

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Using a Avox UMPC as Navigation System.

Many people think that UMPC do not work well as Navigation System and one of the complains is that it takes a long time from the moment that you enter into your car and the moment when the GPS Software in your UMPC is ready to be used.

The following video shows a Avox UMPC being used as GPS Navigation System and you can see there how long takes to be ready to hit the Road if you are using such system.

YouTube - Avox used as a navigation System

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Gigabyte U60, the inner secrets

For the first time, at least that I know of, pictures of a opened Gigabyte U60 (AKA Avox, Ahtec X60GT, Medion, etc) have been published in the web, and that's thanks to todoUMPC.com where the bad guys wanted to see exactly what was inside of this UMPC and what were the upgrade possibilities on this device.

In the first picture you can see the fan from LG and part of the isolation on covering the processor and the memory ships attached to the motherboard. The fan and isolation partially explains why this is the cooler VIA that I have tested so far.

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Cold season is here

How do I know that? You guessed. That explain why I have been so quiet lately. There are people that lose their appetite, in my case I lose my communication channel with my Muse. I read the news but I don't like any or I just can't quote them.

I  have to gain strength because I need to shoot a video about the Avox GPS receiver. The Avox is the perfect carputer. That's all I can say. 

Avox video review

every weekend I post a video at todoUMPC, my second cyberspace home, and this week was not an exception.

Video: Avox

This weekend video was about the Avox, a UMPC sold by Ruvo, a company that I want to thank for lending me this machine. The review has been translated to English to make it understandable to all our readers.

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Avox docking station

One of the accessories sold by Ruvo for the Avox is the docking station. On it, Avox owners will find 4 USB ports, one Ethernet port, one VGA port and one earphone jack.

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Avox arrived and...

Avox is a clone of the Gigabyte U60 distributed by Ruvo.  And this is the machine that I received today for a 10 days test run.

My first impressions:

• This machine is about the perfect size for a UMPC,  1 inch smaller than the original Q1 from Samsung.
• The first VIA processor tested by me that runs with a very low temperature and silently.
• Very good performance on XP
• A UMPC with XP Home Edition, is this a joke? What about XP TabletPC Edition 2005?
• Very clever the way used to connect the GPS module.
• Only one speaker but the sound is a lot better than the Amtek T700.
• VGA port integrated, that's a plus.
• 2 mics integrated, another plus.
• Keyboard is Ok. You need to press hard the keys to get them to respond.

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